A 40+ year veteran of animal care and training, Ramirez is a biologist and animal behaviorist who served nine years at Marineworld of Texas. He also was a trainer and coordinator at Ocean Safari in South Padre Island, Texas, as well as acting as a consultant to many zoo and aquarium programs throughout the world. He began his training career working with guide dogs for the visually impaired and has maintained a close affiliation to pet training throughout his career. He hosted two successful seasons of the pet training television series Talk to the Animals that compared pet training to the important work done with training and caring for animals in zoological facilities. He has also recently worked closely with several search and rescue dog organizations, service dog groups, as well as with bomb and narcotic dogs.

Since 2005, Ken has brought his experience as a trainer of many cognitive projects with marine mammals and primates to the dog arena. Most notable has been his work with modifier cues, adduction, matching to sample, mimicry, and counting. The latter two projects: teaching dogs to mimic or imitate other dogs; and to learn the concept of counting are in the process of being prepared for scientific publication. Both of these projects have documented cognitive abilities in dogs that have not been previously well documented or understood.

Ramirez has been active in several professional organizations, including the International Marine Animal Trainers Association (IMATA), of which he is a past president. Ken has been actively involved in the creation of a certification process for animal trainers in zoological settings. He has been on the faculty of Karen Pryor's Clicker Expos since 2005.

Since selling Puget Hound in 1998, Kathy has owned and managed Bright Spot Dog Training. Services include consulting with families about their challenging dogs, teaching private lessons to dogs and their owners, and coaching novices and professionals to cross over to positive-reinforcement training. In addition, she has trained animal actors, written for The Clicker Journal and the Seattle Times, consulted with Guide Dogs for the Blind and with Susquehanna Service Dogs, served as a subject-matter expert for the Delta Society's Service Dog Education System and taught at the Instructor Training Courses hosted by Dogs of Course. And, in a moment, Kathy appeared as the Way Cool Scientist on an episode of the television show Bill Nye the Science Guy. Kathy is proud to be one of the original faculty members for Karen Pryor's long-running ClickerExpos and has taught at forty of these popular conferences since 2003.

Kathy also has traveled across the United States, Canada & Europe, and to Australia, Israel, Japan and Mexico, educating students about the science of animal training. She's taught more than 300 seminars, workshops, conference presentations & webinars, enjoying these opportunities to share her passion for the incredible power of positive-reinforcement training, confirmed over decades of working with dozens of species.

In 2016, Michele retired from her 42-year career as a guide dog mobility instructor with Guide Dogs for the Blind, the largest North American guide dog school. She personally trained over 350 guide dog teams during her career. Before entering the guide dog field, she was a professional in equestrian disciplines, mentoring under Linda Tellington Jones.

Michele is sought after for her seminars and workshops due to her clarity of instruction and entertaining style of presentation. Over her 51+ years of animal training, she has presented scores of seminars across North America and abroad. Michele has been a driving force in bringing science based Clicker Training to the entire guide dog training industry. She has extensively promoted the adoption of positive reinforcement methods internationally within the guide and service dog fields. The International Guide Dog Federation presented Michele with a lifetime achievement award, in 2016, for her global work to improve programs by maximizing positive reinforcement methods.